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Today was Katelyn’s Birthday, and there was a pool party to celebrate the occasion.  Being that Katelyn is a few years older than Louie, there were a number of rising 4th graders at the party.  Louie and Matt held their own pretty well, but...
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We spent the day yesterday over at Grandma & Grandpa’s house.  Uncle Phil and his family had come over to spend the day.  Louie and Matt had a blast playing with Bobby and Kaiden. There was lots of swimming, playing in the secret garden...
We went swimming at my parents house this morning. While Matt was busy swimming back and forth in the shallow end, we were having trouble keeping Louie in the pool. Not getting him in the pool, just keeping him in the pool. All he wanted to do was to...
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This weekend Louie jumped in from the diving board for the first time in two years. Well not exactly, he went off the diving board once during his swimming lessons earlier this year, but Mommy didn't catch that on film. Just for comparison, here is...
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Yesterday was Katelyn's birthday, and there was a pool party at Grandma & Grandpa's pool to celebrate.  Good fun was had by all. Sam spent the afternoon teaching the kids how to do a can-opener. Although I am not sure what he was trying...
Ok, anyone who has been reading recently, knows that Matt has absolutely no fear of the water.  Here is just a quick summary: Last year at the tender age of 2 Matt decided it was the coolest thing in the world to jump off the diving board . Over...
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Sarah went swimming for the first time in her life today.  She enjoyed it very much. Louie & Matt got a chance to go skinny dippin' when Sarah was born.  Sarah went skinny dippin' today, with full parental approval.  But don't...
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I have posted about Matt's fearlessness before, and I am sure that I will again and again... Today we were in Bupka's pool, and Louie was busy showing off all the things he learned in his swimming lessons this week.  Matt apparently got the...
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Today was the last day of Louie's swimming lessons this summer.  My Mom found a woman to give Louie private lessons at her pool.  Private in that it would just be Louie and Katelyn. Towards the end of the lesson today Jenny and I came out...
Matt & Louie spent the weekend with Grandma & Grandpa when Sarah was born.  Mommy & Daddy figured it'd be too cold to swim so we didn't pack any swimsuits for the boys.  But that didn't stop the boys.  They convinced...
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Matt has absolutely no fear of the water and that scares Mommy and Daddy! You can see the entire sequence here .
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We started our Memorial Day weekend early. Thursday night we spent the night camping in the back yard. This is something Louie had been asking to do for many weeks. It was Matt's first outdoor sleeping experience, and he didn't quite know what...
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It was a nice weekend. Mike flew in from Texas, and Mark, Phil & Mariah drove down as well. We spent a relaxing Saturday at Mom & Dad's house. The swimming was a bit cold (66 degrees) but the kids hardly noticed. We played a few games of bocce...
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